Pfizer has announced that it does not plan to market its Amsparity adalimumab biosimilar in Europe despite it having been endorsed by the EMA in December and being in line for an imminent approval from the European Commission.

Endo’s Par has partnered with Allergan to launch an authorized generic of Carafate sucralfate oral suspension in the US, competing directly with the first generic version recently launched by Amneal.

Neuraxpharm has opened a unit in Austria after snapping up local consumer healthcare specialist Easypharm.

Civica Rx has won an investment of $55m through a deal with the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association of US health insurance firms to create a new subsidiary that will acquire and develop generic filings to be launched in the US from 2022.

Pfizer has launched its Ruxience rituximab biosimilar in the US at a 24% discount to the wholesale acquisition cost of the Rituxan original. The firm has also revealed that when it launches its Trazimera trastuzumab biosimilar in mid-February, it will be at a 22% discount to the Herceptin brand’s WAC.

Following Aspen’s admission last year that it was party to an illegal, anti-competitive agreement on fludrocortisone, Tiofarma has now also conceded to the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority that it took part in the deal.